Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose: Wishes : to his (supposed) mistresseMacmillan, 1951 Volume One: Poets included are Lancelot Andrewes, Francis Bacon, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Robert Burton, Phineas Fletcher, Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Herrick, George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Thomas Carew, Sir Thomas Browne, Sir William Davenant, Edmund Waller, Sir John Suckling, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan. |
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Page 192
... fear : Hope on his top my trembling heart doth bear Up to my heav'n , but straight my lofty minde By fear sunk in despair deep drown'd I finde . But ( ah ! ) your tempests cannot last for ever ; But ( ah ! ) my storms ( I fear ) will ...
... fear : Hope on his top my trembling heart doth bear Up to my heav'n , but straight my lofty minde By fear sunk in despair deep drown'd I finde . But ( ah ! ) your tempests cannot last for ever ; But ( ah ! ) my storms ( I fear ) will ...
Page 397
... fear- 10 to life and death , to pleasure or pain , to full defending of her head . The old Stoicks " when you told them of a sad story would still answer τί πρὸς μὲ ; What is that to me ? Yes ; for the Tyrant hath sentenced you also to ...
... fear- 10 to life and death , to pleasure or pain , to full defending of her head . The old Stoicks " when you told them of a sad story would still answer τί πρὸς μὲ ; What is that to me ? Yes ; for the Tyrant hath sentenced you also to ...
Page 411
... fear Had given this false Alarm , but straight his view Confirms , that more than all he fears is true . Betray'd in all his strengths , the wood beset , All instruments , all Arts of ruine met ; 240 250 He calls to mind his strength ...
... fear Had given this false Alarm , but straight his view Confirms , that more than all he fears is true . Betray'd in all his strengths , the wood beset , All instruments , all Arts of ruine met ; 240 250 He calls to mind his strength ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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